Caught in our own web

For the last four Sundays I have read from Friedman's Fables - a group of stories by Rabbi Edwin Friedman that illustrate how we relate to one another and ourselves. This Sunday's fable was called Caught in Her Own Web all about a spider named Ms. Muffet who unexpectedly spun a perfect web. It was complete symmetrical and even and, well, perfect. She became so obsessed with its perfection that she freed all of the bugs that it snared until she starved to death. The short sermon that followed is here.

Friedman's Fables is a wonderful modern Aesop. I recommend it.